Aug 18, 2023 | FAN, Issues, Peacemaking
Some updates to encourage us as work continues on this issue. On Thursday Sept. 21, the International Day of Peace, FAN Just Peace Fellow Eli McCarthy led a deep listening session urging participants to share their feelings of the war in Ukraine. Using a synodal...
Jul 28, 2023 | Issues, Peacemaking
Everytown partnered with Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL) to produce a first-of-its-kind report on youth attitudes about guns, gun violence and gun safety. The report studied...
Jun 5, 2023 | FAN, Issues, Peacemaking
A new collaborative group of women religious, “Nuns Against Gun Violence,” coordinated candlelight vigils across the country for National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Friday, June 2, 2023. Using their prepared materials, the staff of FAN prayed together via...
Jun 5, 2023 | FAN, Issues, Peacemaking
On June 15, 2023, Franciscan Action Network (FAN) hosted a webinar on Ukraine welcoming a panel of speakers considering the common narratives influencing the war and the propaganda being used to distort the truth. Discussion of what message might facilitate an end to...
May 16, 2023 | FAN, Issues, Peacemaking
On May 25, 2023, FAN hosted a webinar, “Peacebuilding, Nonviolent Resistance, and Unarmed Civilian Protection in Ukraine,” seeking to understand and imagine how such practices can be advanced to end the war and build a just peace in Ukraine. Moderated by FAN Just...
Mar 7, 2023 | FAN, Issues, Peacemaking
February 14th, Valentine’s Day is typically a day when red hearts and messages of love are spread throughout schools across our country, but five years ago on that day, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High School in Parkland, Florida instead endured the...
